Machine for turning and pressing gloves



J1me 1950 T. G. BOLDIZZONI 2,511,456

MACHINE FOR TURNING AND PRESSING GLOVES Filed July 12, 1947 6Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORN 45 40 TEOBALDO G. BOLDIZZONI ATTORN EY June 13,1950 T. G. BOLDIZZONI 2,511,455

MACHINE FOR TURNING AND PRESSING GLOVES Filed July 12, 1947 1 6Sheets-Sheet 2 F G- 2. INVENTOR.

TEOBALDO G. BOLDIZZONI V PM/(2M ATTORN EY June 13, 1950 T, 5, BQLDIZZQN]2,511,456

MACHINE FOR TURNING AND PRESSING GLOVES Filed July 12, 1947 6Sheets-Sheet 3 FIG. 40.

INVENTOR.

TEOBALDO G. BOLDIZZONl BY "FM ATTORN EY June 1950 T. G. BOLDIZZONI2,511,456

MACHINE FOR TURNING AND PRESSING GLOVES Filed July 12, 1947 e'Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR.

TEOBALDO G. BOLDIZZONI ATTORNEY June 13, 1950 T. G. BOLDIZZONI 2,511,456

MACHINE FOR TURNING AND PRESSING GLOVES e Shee ts-Sheet 5 Filed July 12,1947 INVENTOR. TEOBALDO G. BOLDIZZONI ATTORN EY June 13, 1950 T. G.BOLDIZZONI 2,511,456

MACHINE FOR TURNING AND PRESSING GLOVES Filed July 12, 1947 6Sheets-Sheet 6 FIG. ll.

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INVENTOR.

TEOBALDO G. BOLDIZZONI BY' I M (M ATTORNEY Patented June 13, 1950 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE MACHINE FOR 'ITURNING .PRESSING GLOVES Teobaldo G..Boldizzonl, New York, N. Y.

Application July .12, 1947, Serial No. 760,607

Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in glove turningand pressing machines.

In my prior Patent No. 2,324,673 and copend-ing application, Serial No.596,456 I disclosed devices for ironing and pressing gloves.

The present invention combines a glove turning machine with the abovementioned devices.

The turning and pressing machines heretofore known covered a largeamount of floor space S by an operator on a turning form havingindivid-..

ual hollow supporting elements for each finger and thumb which projectdown from the machine. The operator pushes the loaded turning form intothe machine. Thereu-pon, the machine starts operating and plunger areraised into the hollow supporting finger elements so as to tuck thematerial comprising each finger and the thumb up into its supportingelement. Upon completion of the tucking operation, the plungers drop outof engagement with the supporting ole- According to one embodiment of myinvention, I provide a plurality rather than a single glove turning formon each of which a glove may be mounted. In this way each glove is wellheated by the time it reaches the tucking position. Such an arrangementis particularly desirable in the 5 case of all leather or partly leathergloves which handle much better when heated.

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In order .more fully to explain .my invention reference is .had to thefollowing detailed description :and accompanying drawings, in which;

In addition.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of the machine:

Fig. 2 is e, side elevation, partly in section and broken away, of theclutch,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the'plunger carriage liftmg means;

Figs. 44d are schematic diagrams showing various stages in the operationof the machine;

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the connection between the gloveturning form and clutch;

Fig. .6 is a side elevation partly in section of the plunger carriageand turning form;

Fig. '1 is aside elevation of one half of a thumb blade;

I of a thumb supporting element;

ments and the turning form is automatically '2 moved out from themachine towards the operator and into .end-toend alignment with a glovesupporting .form. The operator transfers the glove from the turning formto the supporting form and in so doing the glove is turned right sideout. The glove supporting form is then moved, as disclosed in my priorpatent and copending application, into an ironing device which stripsthe glove from the form and presses :it.

One of the features of my invention is the extensive use made of heat.According to my invention, each thumb supporting element and blade isindividually heated as well as the whole glove turning form. As in :mycopending'application and patent, I heat the glove supporting formswhich deliver the turned gloves into the pressing device. I have foundthat the manner in which I use heat produces a more perfectly formed andpressed glove, and permits more rapid operation of the machine since aheated glove handles more easily than .a cold one.

Fig. Sais ahorizontal cross section of the thumb supporting elementhaving a glove thumb mounted thereon and with the thumb blade insertedtherein;

Fig. 8b is a horizontal cross section on the line 8b-8ib (Fig. 6)showing the thumb supporting element with a glove thumb thereon afterthe thumb blade has been removed;

Fig. '9 is a top :plan view of an embodiment of my invention in whichthe finger as well as the thumb supporting elements on the turning formare made out of two separable pieces;

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of one half of the glove turning form;

Fig. 10a is a cross section on the line Ida-48a of Fig. 10, and

Fig. 11 is a side elevation partly broken away of another embodiment-oimy invention in which four turning forms are provided.

As described in my prior Patent No, 2,324,673 and copending application,Serial No. 596,456 four glove supporting forms, only three of which I,la and lb are shown, are suitably fastened to one end of a hollowlongitudinal shaft 2 rotatably supported on table 3. The supportingforms are equally spaced from one another and fastened to one end ofshaft 2 at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. Shaft 2moves one form after the other in a plane substantially perpendicular tothe table and through an opening i therein. Two endless driven belts, 5and 6 remove a glove from each form, iron it, and finally eject it at I.The glove forms are individually heated by coils similar to thosedisclosed in my copending application and are connected to conductors 9passing through hollow shaft 2.

The superstructure of the machine consists of two pieces I2 secured totable 3 and held together at the top by a bar I3. A flange I2 is formedaround the edges of each piece l2 and adds to their strength as well asproviding a surface to which bolts, springs, and other elements of themachine may be attached. I Q

A glove turnnig form 5 mounted on a shaft 14 is movable through an arewhich passes through the plane of a raised supporting form, such as I.Turning form 1 5 is movable into three positions: a loading positionshown in dot-dash lines (Fig. l) in which its plane intersects the planeof a raised supporting form; a tucking position shown in solid lines inwhich the plane ofthe turning form is perpendicular to the table; and aturning position shown in dotted lines in which the turning forms planeis the same as that of a raised supporting form; superstructure I2 issufficiently elevated above table 3 so that turning form 15 in all threeposiitons is above the supporting forms.

The movement of turning form I 5 actuates shaft 14 and controls theoperation of the machine in the following manner: With glove form 15 inthe glove loadin position (dot-dash lines, Fig. 1) rod I? is held allthe way down. After a, glove has been put on form I5 it is manuallyswung into tucking position (solid lines Fig. 1) and in so doing rod ifis pulled all the way up by crank 18 connected between shaft M and rodl1. Bolt 20 projecting down from flange l2 at the top of superstructurei2 is so positioned that it will bear against raised surface 23 of cranklBwhen the turning form is centered in tucking position. Thus bolt 2!)acts as a positive stop preventing over rotation of form iii. A notchedpivoted link 25 is connected between rod I! and rod 26 which isconnected to one end of lever 21. The latter is centrally held by a yoke28 attached to the bottom of table 3. The other end of lever 2? isattached to red 29 which is attached to one end of lever 36 pivoted at3|. The other end of lever 39 is connected to a rod 33 which is fastenedto one end of a rod 34 pivotally attached at 35 to a rocker arm 3?; End38 of rod 34 normally engages roller 39 of pendulum 46 pivotallyfastened at H to projection 42 of housing 43. Roller 39 presses againstthe right hand end of a clutch shaft 5 and transmits thereto the linearpressure of rod 34. A spring 44 connected between the right hand end oflever 30 and projection 42 tends to hold lever 30 down and thereby alignrod 34 with shaft 45.

A clutch is situated beneath the table and acts to couple a source ofpower to the rest of the machine. The clutch is controlled by theturning form and when the latter is swung into tucking position theclutch is engaged and plunger means moved into contact with the form.Upon the completion of the tucking operation the turnin form isautomatically swung out into turning position and the clutch disengaged.

The clutch (Fig. 2) comprises a shaft 45 having a spring 46 mountedthereon under tension be- 4 tween washers 41' and lock nuts 48 whichtends to move shaft 45 to the right. Near the other end of shaft 45 acontinually rotating wheel 49 is mounted on a bushing 58' supported on ahollow shaft 58 through which shaft 45 passes. A thrust bearing 50 ismounted by lock nuts 5| and washer 52 between the left end of shaft 45and wheel 49. Wheel 49 is rotated by belt 53 connected to wheel 54 ofmotor 55 (Fig. 1) When wheel 49 is moved to the right it frictionallyengages a plate 5'! mounted on shaft 58. Shaft 58 engages worm gear 59within housing 43 by means of worm 60 and rotates the gear in thedirection of the arrow (Fig. 2). Worm gear 59 rotates a shaft 62 onwhich a sprocket wheel 63 "is mounted. A lug 64 on worm gear 59 contactsoneend of a short rod 65 projecting within housing 43. The other end ofrod 65 contacts rocker arm 31. Spring 61 connected between the top ofrocker 37 and projection 68 from housing 43 tends to. rotate the lowerend of rocker 31 about pivot 10 towards the housing.

A sprocket chain connects sprocket wheel 63 with sprocket wheel 8| (Fig.I) mounted on ashaft 82 resting on .top of table 3. Another sprocketwheel 83 mounted on a shaft '84 near sprocket wheel 63 is engaged by thelower reach of chain 89- The rotation of shaft 84 controls the ironingand pressing operations as described in my copending application. Inorder to give sprocket chain 80 the proper tension a small sprocketwheel 85 engages the upper reach of the chain near wheel 8 I A bevelledgear (not shown) near the end of shaft 82 opposite from sprocket wheel8| engages at right angles a larger bevelled gear 86 mounted on a shaft(not shown) rotatably supported in a bracket 87. Gear 86 actuates Genevastop gear 90, mounted on shaft 2, by pin 88 and plate 89. The gearing ofthe machine is such that one rotation of worm gear 59 produces a quarterturn of shaft 2 which has the four glove forms mounted on it. The gloveforms are spaced so that one of them is moved into the ironing devicebetween belts 5 and 6 and another into position for alignment withturning form 15.

Another sprocket wheel 9! mounted on shaft 82 is connected to a sprocketwheel 92 by sprocket chain 93 (Figs. 1 and 3). Wheel 52 is mounted on ashaft 94 by a bushing 95. Shaft 94 extends through superstructure piecesl2 and has mounted on it near wheel 92 a positioning cam 96 (Fig. 3).Two lifting cams 91, (only one of which is shown) mounted on shaft 94between pieces 12 engage levers 98 (only one of which is shown) whichare connected by links st to the bottom of plunger carriage Nil. Levers98 are rotatably fixed by hubs we to the superstructure and hooks 98areprovided so that projections 91 of cams 91 will engage the hooks anddislodge carriage lfll if it should become stuck in the raised position.

While I have shown two cams for lifting the carriage it would bepossible to have some positive connection between shaft 94 and carriageiili which would lower as well as lift the carriage.

As shown in Figs. 4-4d the the rotation of shaft 94 results in theraising and lowering of carriage H as well as movement of turning formI5 from the tucking position to the turning position.

In Fig. 4 form 15 has just had a wrong side out glove I82 placed on it.Lifting cams 91 (shown in dotted lines) do not as yet contact levers 98and notched link 25 pivoted at "'15 has been pushed down and away fromcam 96 by rod l1.-

A centering lever I03 is held at one end by a spring I64 fastened to theflange of the superstructure. Lever IE3 is pivoted at I66 and engages bymeans of roller IDI the upper notch of link 25 thereby insuring that rodI! will be held down and turning form I5 held in the loading position.

In Fig. 4a the operator of the machine has moved form I5 into tuckingposition, Rod I1 is thereby pulled up engaging, via rod .26, the clutchas above described, and the machine starts operating. Roller I61 nowengages the lower notch on link .25 which has been moved up close to cam36 against the restraining pressure of the roller and lever I33. Shaft34 is rotated and as lifting earns 91 engage levers 9.8 to lift thecarriage I3I, a lug I98 on wheel .92 (not shown) will engage-a safetylever I69 if form I5 was not completely pushed into tucking position andalignment with the carriage by the operator. Lever I39 is connected tolever IE3 at pivot I36 and pivotally attached to link III] at H2. LinkIII! is connected by pin H3 to rod H. The operation of the safety leverinsures that the glove turning form is properly aligned with plungercarriage I6! before the latter is raised thereby preventing injury tothe machine or gloves.

In Fig. 4b carriage I6I has been lifted the desired height and tuckedthe fingers and thumb of glove I32. Lifting cams 9! are at the breakingpoint in their contact with levers 98.

In Fig. 4c cams 91 have just broken contact with levers 98 and carriageIN is in the process of falling down and out of engagement with gloveI32. Raised surface II5 on cam 95 is just about to engage lug I I6 onlink 25 and supporting form Ia has been rotated into .turning positionin place of form I.

In Fig. 4d surface H5 has engaged lug H6 thereby moving link 25 onenotch down so that roller I! is now in the middle notch. This movementof link 25 pulls rod II down sufficiently to rotate form I out oftucking position and into turning position in which it is in end to endalignment with supporting form Io. At an appropriate interval thereaftercorresponding to the time it takes for cam 96 to move from the positionshown in Fig. M to that of Fig. 4, gear 53 completes its rotation andthe clutch is disengaged as explained above. It will be noted that theoperator cannot move form I5 back into tucking position at this stage(Fig. 4d) because lug M6 is hearing against surface II5. This preventsthe operator from prematurely. pushing form I5 into operative position.The operator now removes the glove from form I5 by grasping with bothhands the material forming the wrist of the glove and pulling downtowards glove form Ia. Since the fingers and thumb of the glove havebeen tucked as above described the operator turns the rest of the glovein moving it from form I5 to form I. The operator then moves form I5into the loading position and another glove may be placed on form I5(Fig. 4).

In order to prevent continued operation of the 6 hold brake shoe I6 outof contact with wheel 51'.

The manner in which the movement of the glove form I5 controls theoperation of the clutch will be more clearly understood by reference .toFig. 5 in which the connection between these two parts is clearly shown.

When form I5 is moved into tucking position (direction indicated byarrow) the following takes place: Crank I 6 up, rod I I up, notched link25 up, rod 26 up, left end of lever 21 down, rod 29 down, right end oflever 30 up, rod 33 up, end 38 of rod 34 down and out of engagement withroller 33., rod 45 to the right under tension of spring 43 and wheel 49contacting plate 51 thereby engaging the clutch.

When the form I5 is moved out of the tucking position and into theturning position (Fig. 5) by cam 96 the following takes place: rod .IIdown, crank I8 down, shaft I4 rotated counter clockwise and form I5swung out into alignment with supporting form I. Shortly thereafter lug64 on worm gear 56 completes one rotation and again contacts rod 65which bears against the top of rocker arm 31. The bottom of arm 31 movesto the left and forces end 38 against shaft 45 and disengages theclutch.

Carriage IEiI (Fig. 6) i suitably mounted on vertical guideways 23attached to superstructure pieces I 2 by bolts I 2|. Cross bars I22 andE23 of the carriage support four preferably solid rods or fingerplungers I24, I25, I25 and 127.. Two thumb blades or plungers I28 (onefor right hand gloves and one for left hand gloves) are mounted onoppositesides of bar I23 on projections I 33 (Figs. 1 and 6).

When carriage .IfiI is raised to the position shown in dotted lines(Fig. 6) plungers .I24-I28 enter corresponding open ended tubes I32,I33, I34, I35, and I 36 which support the fingers and thumb of a glove.The material comprising the fingers and thumb is tucked against theinside walls of each tube.

Plungers I24, I25 and I2! are each spring mounted near their bases bysprings I33, :36 and I40. Plunger I26 is not spring mounted since itenters the longest tube I 34 bearing the middle finger of the glove andthe height to which carriage IIlI is raised is measured by the dis tanceplunger I 26 must travel to reach a stop I42 in tube I34. Since it isdesired that all the glove fingers be turned by the time the middlefinger is turned, the plungers are made inversely long with respect tothe tubes they enter. Stops I42 are provided in each tube at a distancefrom the open end of the tube corresponding to the distance required totuck a finger completely within the tube. Plungers I24, I25 and I2?contact stops I42 while carriage illl is still being raised andthereupon compress their respective springs rather than continuing theirupward movement which might mutilate the glove flngers.

Each thumb support .I36 (Fig. 8) provided on turnin forms I5 consists ofa hollowed core-like member having two halves I43, I43 to which theupper portions of two elongated pieces I41 and I48 of good heatconducting resilient metal are fastened by rivets I56 (Fig. 6). One ofthe rivet holes I53 is shown in Fig. 8. Each piece I41, I48 has itsopposite longitudinal edges I5I bent towards one another. Normallypieces I47 and I48 contact each other throughout their entire lengthalong edges I5I. Pieces I41 and I48 need not necessarily be shaped asillustrated but may be rounded .or otherwise shaped as long as edges IIform some sort of gripping surface between them.

Each thumb plunger I28 is preferably formed out of two halves, one ofwhich I28 is shown in Fig. 7, of good heat conducting metal shaped intoa thumb like blade and the blade halves are held together by rivetswhose holes I29 are shown in Fig. 7. The blades are tapered at their topand at their greatest diameter are slightly greater than the distancebetween the lower portions of pieces I41, I48. When blade I28 is pushedup into this space, pieces I41 and I48 are forced apart and oppositeseams I52 of thumb I53 mounted thereon are forced between edges I 5|(Fig. 8a).

The proper shaping and pressing of the thumb is aided by the fact thatboth blade I 28 and support I36 are heated, the former by conductors I44connected to heating coils I 45 in cavity I46 (Fig. 7) and the latter byconductors I55 connected through cylinder I54 in the top of support I36to heating elements I56 (Fig. 8) provided in cavity I51 between halveI43, I43. When carriage IIJI starts down blade I28 is pulled out ofthumb support I36 and because of the tapered shape of the blade, edgesI5I move towards one another and clamp seams I52 between them (Fig. 8b).The pressure with which the edges hold the seams is not sufficient toprevent their being easily removed from support I36 when the operatormanually turns the glove on to glove supporting form I. No supportingelement is necessary on form I for the thumb material because it hasattained sufficient rigidity during the tucking and turning operationsto remain upright. As form I passes between belts 5 and 6 the thumb ispresented therebetween in extended position and passes therethroughwithout folding or creasing.

As shown in Fig. 9 it is possible to make the finger supports of theglove turnin form as well as the thumbs of two resilient pieces I58, I59which may be spread apart the same as thumb pieces I41 and I48.

Glove turning form I5 is preferably made out of two halves one of whichI60 is shown in Fig. 10. The halves are held together by screws I62fitting into holes I63. A cavity I65 is provided in one or both halvesinto which heating coils I61 connected to conductors I68 (Fig. 6) aresituated. A projection I18 having hole I13 for conductors I55 of thumbsupports I36 is provided in the top of each half. Set screw I12 (Fig. 6)passes through projection I and presses against cylinder I54 therebyholding element I36 in place. Finger sup-porting tubes I32- I35 arefastened within cut-out portions I of halves I66, I6I (Fig. 10a) by setscrews whose holes I16 are shown in Fig. 10. The size of the tubes maythus be changed depending on the size of the gloves being turned.Similarly the plungers may be changed depending on the length of thetubes. The heat generated by coils I61 is transmitted to the whole formand particularly to tubes I32--I35 thereby facilitating the passage ofgloves over the turning form.

According to one embodiment of my invention, Fig. 11, four turning formsonly three of which are shown, I86, I8I and I82 are suitably secured toa mounting I84 on top of superstructure I2. Turning forms I8III82 aresimilar to previously described turning form I5 except that each hasonly one thumb supporting element I85 instead of the two elements I28provided on form I 5. Forms I80, I82 on opposing sides of thesuperstructure have thumb supporting elements for one hand, such as theright, and the other two forms I8I and the form not shown, are providedwith thumb supporting elements for left-handed gloves. The forms as wellas their thumb supporting elements are individually heated by means ofconductors I86 and I81 connected to a hollow rotating shaft I88 by sliprings I90. At the top of shaft I88 conductors such as ISO, I9I, I92 andI93 connect via slip ring I95 heating elements similar to elements I45and I61 in each turning form to conductors I86 and I81.

Mounting I84 is suitably secured to the top of shaft I88 which issubstantially perpendicular to shaft 2. A bevel gear I96 on the bottomof shaft I88 is engaged by a bevel gear I91 of shaft 2. By means of aGeneva movement similar to that shown in Fig. 1 the turning forms arerotated about shaft I88 and describe a circle substantially parallel totable 3.

Shaft 62 beneath table 3 rotated by sprocket wheel 63 and sprocket chainis connected to plunger carriage IUI by suitable crank and linkage meansgenerally indicated at I98. Carriage I61 rides in guideways I26 and issimilar in all respects to the carriage and plunger means described inrelation to Fig. 6. A bracket I99 extends from the superstructure andaligns plungers I21, etc. with corresponding tubes in glove turning formI86. Brackets 200 guide and steady linkage means I98 as it is raised andlowered.

The present embodiment of the machine may be conveniently operated bytwo operators in the following mannerone operator places a wrong sideout glove on form I82 which is at the loading position to the right ofthe machine. The other operator who is at the turning position in thefront of the machine strips a glove from form I8I onto form I88. Beforearriving at the turning position the glove passes through the tuckingposition to the left of the machine Where its fingers and thumb aretucked as previously described. The machine is continually operating andthe turning forms are successively rotated into the different positions.Thus it will be seen that two gloves may be loaded on the turning formswhile two others are being respectively tucked and turned. In this waythe loaded gloves will be thoroughly heated by the heated turning formsprior to the tucking and turning operations. As above mentioned thispreheating greatly facilitates turning and tucking and especially in thecase of leather gloves permits simultaneous turning of all the fingersand the thumb. If desired it would be possible to mount more than fourturning forms on mounting I84 thereby increasing the preheating time foreach glove.

It will be obvious that various other changes. other than thoseindicated, could be made in the turning and pressing machine that is thesubject of this invention without departing from the latter as definedin the following claims. It is, therefore, intended that all mattercontained in the foregoing description or shown in the drawings will beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine for turning and pressing gloves, a table, a shaftlongitudinally supported on the table, a plurality of glove supportingforms fastened to one end of the shaft, a superstructure on the tableextending above the supporting forms, a glove turning form supportedfrom the top of the superstructure, said turning form movable into aloading, a tucking and a turning position, all three positions beingsituated above the form in the turning position being in end to endalignment with a supporting form, the plane of said turning in theloading position intersecting the plane of a. glove supporting form,.andclutch means,v for controlling the. operation of the plungers. i

2'. In a machine of thecharacter described, a table, a shaftlongitudinally supported on the table, equally spaced movable glovesupporting forms fastened at an acute angle to one end of the shaft, asuperstructure extending above the supporting forms, a heated gloveturning form rotatablv fastened near the top of the superstructure andprojecting towards the table, a carriage mounted in the bottom ofthesuperstructu-re, plunger means supported in the carriage operable toregister with the turning form, the turning form being in a tuckingposition when perpendicul-ar to thetabl-e and in alignment with-theplunger means, said turning form movable into a turning position when inend to end alignment with a supporting form and into a loading positionwhen its plane forms an angle with the plane of a raised supportingform, and clutch means for controlling the movement of the carriage andfor moving the turning form from tucking position into turning position,said clutch being controlled by the movement of the turning form.

3. The machine according to claim 2, and in which a notched linkconnected to the turning form cooperates with a lever to insure properpositioning of the turning form in all its positions.

4. The machine according to claim 3, and in which a cammed surfacecooperates with the notched link to move the turning form into turningposition after completion of the tucking operation.

5. The machine according to claim 2, and in which the turning form hasfour open-ended tubes proiecting therefrom corresponding in length tothe material of the fingers of the glove, each tube supporting a fingerof the glove and in tucking position aligned with respect to a plungerso that each plunger enters the open end of a tube and tucks the fingermaterial against the side walls of the tube, and a plunger stop withineach tube for stopping the movement of a plunger after all the materialcomprising a finger has been tucked.

6. The machine according to claim 5, and in which the plungerscorresponding to the first, third and fourth fingers are spring mountedto compress the springs upon striking said plunger stops.

'7. In a machine of the character described, a thumb support for a gloveturning form, said support comprising two elongated pieces of resilientmetal having upper and lower portions, a hollow core, rivets forfastening the upper portions of the elongated pieces to the core and toone another, heating coils within the core for heating said pieces,opposite longitudinal edges of each piece being bent towards one anotherand normally contacting the corresponding edge of the other piece so asto form a space therebetween, said lower portions adapted to be spreadapart to clamp the material of a glove thumb therebetween.

8. The machine according to claim 7, and having a plunger for spreadingapart said two thumb pieces comprising a blade tapered at the end -10whichv enters the space between, the two pieces, said blade generallyhaving the shape of a thumb and av diameter such as to cause the lowerportions of the pieces to spread apart and force the material of thethumb out between the edges, and a heating element. within the plunger.

9; In a machine of the character described, a glove turning, form havingfour finger supporting elements and a thumb supporting element, each ofsaid elements comprising two elongated pieces of resilient metal havingupper and lower portions, a hollow core to which said upper portions ofthe pieces are fastened, opposite longitudinal' edges of the pieces benttowards one another and normally contacting the corresponding edge ofthe other piece so as to form a space therebetween, said lower portionsadapted to be spread, apart to clamp respectively the material of aglovethumb and fingers therebetween.

10-. The machine according to claim 9, and having corresponding plungermeans for entering from the bottom the spaces between the pieces andforcing the material of the. thumb and fingers out between thelongitudinal edges of the pieces.

11. In a machine of the character described, a table, a first shaftlongitudinally supported on the table, at least one glove supportingform fastened to one end of the first shaft, a second shaft connected tothe first shaft, at least one glove turning form fastened to the secondshaft and. circularly movable about the second shaft into a plurality ofpositions while projecting towards the table, plunger means operable toengage the turning form, lifting means connected to the plunger meansfor moving the plunger means into engagement with the turning form whilein tucking position, the turning form being in turning position when inend to end alignment with the supporting form and in loading positionwhen the first thing its downwardly projected plane intersects isthetable.

12. In a machine for turning and pressing gloves, a table, a first shaftlongitudinally supported on the table, a plurality of glove supportingforms fastened to one end of the first shaft, a superstructure extendingabove the supporting forms, a second shaft within the superstructurehaving one end connected to the first shaft, a plurality of gloveturning forms fastened to the second shaft, said last-mentioned formsprojecting towards the table, lifting means, plunger means operable toregister with successive turning forms, linkage means connecting theplunger means to the lifting means for successively moving the plungermeans into engagement with each turning form, each turning form being intucking position when in end to end alignment with the plunger means,each turning form being in turning position when in end to end alignmentwith a supporting form and in a loading position when the first thingits downwardly projected plane intersects is the table, each time thefirst shaft rotates the plunger means being raised to register with asupporting form and a different glove supporting form being aligned witha turning form.

13. In a machine for turning and pressing gloves, a table, a first shaftlongitudinally supported on the table, a plurality of glove supportingforms fastened to one end of the first shaft, a superstructure extendingabove the supporting forms, a second shaft within the superstructuresubstantially perpendicular to the first shaft and having One endconnected thereto, a rotatable mounting connected to the other end ofthe shaft at the top of the superstructure, a plurality of glove turningforms fastened to the mounting and at an acute angle to the longitudinalaxis of the shaft, said last-mentioned forms projecting towards thetable and describing a circle substantially parallel to the table, athird shaft beneath the table, plunger means outside the superstructureoperable to register with successive turning forms, linkage meansconnected to the third shaft for successively lifting the plunger meansinto engagement with each turning form and lowering the plunger means assaid shaft revolves, each turning form being in tucking position when inend to end alignment with the plunger means, each turning form being inturning position when in end to end alignment with a supporting form andin a loading position when the first thing its downwardly projectedplane intersects is the table, and ironing means for removing the glovesfrom the supporting forms and pressing the gloves.

14. In a machine of the character described, a. turning form for aglove, a support for the thumb of the glove comprising two elongatedmembers each having a free end, supporting means to which the other endof each of said members is fastened, the members contacting each otheralong substantially their entire length whereby the glove material maybe clamped between said members.

15. Apparatus according to claim 14, and in which said free ends arerounded and in substantially the same planes as the correspondingmembers.

TEOBALDO G. BOLDIZZONI.

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